Its only rock n roll but I like it. Just finished reading Ronnie Wood’s Autobiography, Ronnie. A very enjoyable read it was too, written well, from the perspective of a man that is just trying to get stuff out whilst he remembers it so in parts it may jump chronologically, but it doesn’t have a detrimental effect on the story.
I have concerns with autobiography’s that the writer, particularly if they still have a career may want to hold details back. I mean really, Tom Cruise isn’t going to tell EVERYTHING just yet is he. But Ronnie appears to give us everything, the highs, literally and the lows, from drug and alcohol consumption of his friends and colleagues to the deaths of close friends. He tells about his time in the faces and of course his time in the stones. His relationship with Keith and Rod are particularly interesting, although Rods mentions are few and far between.
So this is really how to do it, an immensely enjoyable book that lifts the lid ever so slightly on the Rolling Stones carnival and it makes me eager to read Keith Richards book. Superb.
Next is Holly Johnson’s Bone in my flute.
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